Illinois vs Minnesota
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Illinois comes out ahead on 5 of them and Minnesota on 10, but that tally is not a recommendation: it weighs a difference in class size the same as a difference in house price. Read the rows that matter to you.
MeasureIllinoisMinnesota
Home price$298,871$356,887
Rent paid$1,292$1,272
Cost of living94.794.6
Income$83,211$87,117
Property tax1.88%1.00%
Income tax4.95%9.85%
Sales tax8.98%8.14%
Electric bill$134$119
Temperature52°F45.6°F
Snowfall25.4 in30.7 in
Precipitation30.8 in30.4 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.815.7
Bachelor's or higher39.2%40.0%
Crime rate289257
Commute28.3 min22.7 min
Unemployment5.1%4.4%
Population change-0.8%+2.2%
Wildfire risk37.357.4
Flood risk90.079.3
Bold marks the better figure where a measure has a better direction. Weather, snowfall and rainfall are shown plain, because warmer is not better — it is a preference.